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The Role of Omani Merchants in Carrying the Islamic Mission to East and Central Africa: Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-ʿĀmirī as a Case Study

Dawr al-Tujjār al-ʻUmānīyīn fī Tawṣīl al-Daʻwah al-Islāmīyah ilá Sharq wa-Awāsiṭ Ifrīqiyā: al-Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-ʻĀmirī Unmūdhajan

دور التجّار العُمانيين في توصيل الدعوة الإسلامية إلى شرق وأواسط إفريقيا: الشيخ أحمد بن إبراهيم العامري أنموذجًا

Sulaymān ibn ʻUmayr ibn Nāṣir al-Maḥdhūrī (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia)
سُليمان بن عُمير بن ناصر المحذوري
Conference: International Conference: The Omani Role in the Unity of the Muslim Ummah — Kuala Lumpur, 2014
Romanized conference title: al-Muʼtamar al-Duwalī: al-Dawr al-ʻUmānī fī Waḥdat al-Ummah
Language of the paper: Arabic — this page presents the English metadata layer.
Permanent citation ID: MHF-OMANIUNITY-023

Abstract

This research treats the role of Omani merchants in carrying the Islamic mission to East and Central Africa, taking Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-ʿĀmirī as its case study. It is organised around the reign of Sayyid Saʿīd ibn Sulṭān (1804–1856) and his attention to commerce; the Arab caravan trade within Africa; the routes of Arab trade in the interior; the establishment of Arab centres and stations within Africa; the relation between trade and the spread of Islam in East Africa; and the encounter between Shaykh Aḥmad al-ʿĀmirī and Suna, king of Buganda. The research closes with the principal civilizational outcomes that followed from Omani commercial activity in East Africa, showing how the merchant network became a channel for religious and cultural transmission deep into the continent.

Keywords

Omani merchantsIslamic missionEast AfricaBugandaCaravan tradeSaʿīd ibn Sulṭān

How to cite

Maḥdhūrī, Sulaymān ibn ʻUmayr ibn Nāṣir. "Dawr al-Tujjār al-ʻUmānīyīn fī Tawṣīl al-Daʻwah al-Islāmīyah ilá Sharq wa-Awāsiṭ Ifrīqiyā: al-Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-ʻĀmirī Unmūdhajan" [The Role of Omani Merchants in Carrying the Islamic Mission to East and Central Africa: Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-ʿĀmirī as a Case Study]. Paper presented at al-Muʼtamar al-Duwalī: al-Dawr al-ʻUmānī fī Waḥdat al-Ummah, Kuwālā Lumbūr, 2014. MHF-OMANIUNITY-023

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